INSIDE & OUT HOME & GARDEN NEWS

Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Oct 11, 2007

Outstanding trees

If you think the aspen is Colorado's most notable tree, you're in dire need of the Colorado Tree Coalition's "Notable Trees of Colorado" 2008 calendar.

Each month features a tree selected not just because of its aesthetic value, but because it has a story behind it or some "est" attached to it: biggest, oldest, rarest.

September 2008, for example, features an apple tree and a pear tree that are survivors of the original orchard at Rock Ledge Ranch circa the 1880s.

The calendars also include tree facts and care tips.

The cost varies from $7.50 for an order of 1 to 2 calendars, to $4 for an order of 26 or more.

Order online at www.coloradotrees.org. Or send a check or money order to Colorado Tree Coalition, P.O. Box 270968, Fort Collins, CO 80527-0968.

Artistic bouquets

Learn how to use wood, metal and unusual containers for ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, at a demonstration program through Ikebana International.

It takes place at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Julie Penrose annex of St. Paul's Catholic Church, 9 El Pomar Road. The cost is $10.

For more information, call 599-5552.